23 Sep
2022
23 Sep
'22
4:45 p.m.
On 9/22/22 22:56, ben via cctalk wrote:
Blinking lights tended to be for computers of the
future.
World maps with lights where nuclear missiles could strike
seem to be movie props only.
I thought it curious that many 1960s-1970s
supercomputers lacked front
panels and blinking lights altogether. (e.g. Cray I, CDC
Cyber/600/700, etc.) Indeed, the Cray couldn't even spin a tape without
help from another system doing the I/O.
--Chuck